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| Brand of cue stick - By RonH |
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Posted on 04/27/2010 at 09:35:46 AM
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What brand of cue stick do you have? Why? Do you think it matters? Standard or low deflection shaft?
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wileydog
Senior Poster
 180 Posts
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 Posted 04/27/2010 : 10:33:30 AM
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McDermott cue with a predator shaft. The cue was a gift. This is low deflection.
Just got a Cuetec with thunderbolt shaft as a gift. This is medium deflection. I've used a predator for so long, it took a while to get used front/back hand english on the Cuetec. Good practice though. |
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Mary Blythe
Senior Poster
280 Posts
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Posted 04/27/2010 : 11:52:56 AM
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McDermott, gift and I don't know the rest, but I think that it is pretty. I am also not allowed to use red chalk anymore because if I do Jimmy won't clean it, but I am allowed to use tan 
  Mary Blythe
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jerry
Frequent Contrbutor
65 Posts
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Posted 04/27/2010 : 12:42:13 PM
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| Viking with an OB2 low deflection shaft. It took some getting used to the shaft, but I really like how it plays now. I also use a Viking Fat Daddy break cue and just bought a Lucasi Hybrid Air Hog jump cue which I am having fun with. |
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mksharkster
Forum Regular
128 Posts
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Posted 04/27/2010 : 1:17:17 PM
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I use a players sneaky pete for a break cue that Fred Fairchild installed my one piece laminated phenolic ferrule/tip, and Jimmy Sickles is currently installing a jump joint in the butt. I use it because I really like the bar cue look for a break cue, and I feel like the no collar wood to wood joint gives me a nice feel for breaking.
My Mcdermott P710 playing cue has a G-core shaft, that I like quite a lot! The perfectly straight grained shaft is dowelled with a composite pin at the tip witch cuts on deflection and vibration, also some sort of red ring inthe ferrule that gives it a touch of asthetic appeal, and is supposed to do something, but I don't know what. I have noticed since I started playing with this cue I can draw a ton! That may be the Kamui layered tip though...
The Sharkster!! |
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elmo
Frequent Contrbutor
35 Posts
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Posted 04/27/2010 : 5:51:44 PM
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| Meucci Ultra Piston 4 with a black dot shaft and Moori medium tip , Possibly orderin a Predator 314-2 shaft soon , Break cue is a Adrenaline fireball jump/break ... |
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hossdriver
Frequent Contrbutor
44 Posts
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Posted 04/28/2010 : 11:28:49 AM
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| Poison AR5, 18oz with 11.75mm Kamui... Action Jump/Break sorely in need of a new tip... |
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oneswtte
Rookie..be nice to me
17 Posts
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Posted 04/28/2010 : 4:27:24 PM
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My cue is a Predator 4K5. I love it! Sickles
will tell you I need to trade it in for a
Sickles cue!!!
Teresa McCollom |
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ketchup
Rookie..be nice to me
21 Posts
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Posted 04/30/2010 : 5:45:40 PM
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| I play with a predator sport because I really like the wrap and how far back it is. It ces standard with a predator 314 gen2 shaft that I love due to the stiffness of the hit. I also break with a predator bk2 sport wrap. |
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zy112
Rookie..be nice to me
11 Posts
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Posted 05/03/2010 : 10:17:29 AM
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Assuming we are talking production cues, I would say Schon, Pechauer, then Jacoby. They are all being manufactured in the US and with lower quantity runs, the quality of build is excellent. I play with a Pechauer, each is signed by Jerry or Joe before leaving the door and their lifetime warranty, even on warpage is awesome.
I used to have a Predator Z2 shaft and after testing many other low deflection shafts I've got rid of them all. Sure, they are LD, but the feel is horrific. Maybe the best being the new OB Classic. The shafts of the three I mentioned before should be perfectly fine and they can alter it to the diameter your desire. Their shaft will be old, tight grain wood and feel so much better then a rushed for high production numbers, cheaper wood, LD shaft.
As far as break cues, easily a custom Steve Lomax. A more affordable option would be the new Poison break cues. I've also hit with the Predator and OB break cues and both are solid. Just my .02
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Calcutta Mafia
Doyen
328 Posts
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Posted 05/03/2010 : 9:01:55 PM
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Do not get me started on production/custom cues. Most people do not know what tight grain is or will be able to tell the difference between the type of hits. Each ferrule, tip, taper, and type of joint ring material will all change the hit of a cue.
Custom cue builders hate production because it takes away from their pockets. a production quality cue is made every bit as well as a custom built one. it all depends on price, cue, manufacture. They are all built the same with the same process.
As far as warpage warranty, good luck with this with a small custom builder. Usually they will have some excuse why you violated your warranty because they know the difference in climate between Florida, California, Indiana and where the cue was made at.
I shoot with my own self built custom cue, and Predator.
"It is not what you have, but what you overcome" |
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Russ
Rookie..be nice to me
3 Posts
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Posted 05/04/2010 : 3:46:19 PM
(Edited 05/04/10 @ 49:49)
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Predator Shaft, Predator cue/butt.... sneaky-pete style. I prefer no "wrap" on my shooting stick(s), and don't need all the fancy inlays either. Old School.
I've shot with many different cue manufacturers through the years, and prefer the control of the Predator.
Russ
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MichaelJEllis
Rookie..be nice to me
20 Posts
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Posted 05/05/2010 : 09:21:22 AM
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I use a glorified broomstick.  Actually it's a Cuetec with a Thunderbolt shaft. I also use it to break with which is probably not a great idea. |
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jerry
Frequent Contrbutor
65 Posts
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Posted 05/05/2010 : 10:45:07 AM
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| I want to know more about the OB Classic shaft that was mentioned by ZY. I read a little about it in a magazine, but tell me more. |
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Calcutta Mafia
Doyen
328 Posts
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Posted 05/05/2010 : 3:55:16 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by jerry
I want to know more about the OB Classic shaft that was mentioned by ZY. I read a little about it in a magazine, but tell me more.
I have a brand new one for a preditor butt that I will sale you. They hit pretty god. Similar to a 314. It has a hole down the center that they fill with bosa wood.
"It is not what you have, but what you overcome" |
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jerry
Frequent Contrbutor
65 Posts
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Posted 05/05/2010 : 10:20:34 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Calcutta Mafia
quote:
Originally posted by jerry
I want to know more about the OB Classic shaft that was mentioned by ZY. I read a little about it in a magazine, but tell me more.
I have a brand new one for a preditor butt that I will sale you. They hit pretty god. Similar to a 314. It has a hole down the center that they fill with bosa wood.
"It is not what you have, but what you overcome"
What is the difference between it and the OB1? I know they put a white ferrule on it, but how does it shoot or feel different? |
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